Mass Times and Intentions

LSE - Our Lady & St. Edward's, Fulwood. https://ourladyandstedwards.co.uk/

SMF - St. Mary's, Fernyhalgh. https://ladyewellshrine.co.uk/

SMN - St Mary's, Newhouse.

FERNYHALGH MASS SCHEDULE 

NO MASSES on Mondays & Fridays;  

Tuesdays @ 9.00am, Wednesdays @ 10.00am, Thursdays @ 9:00am;

Saturdays @ 12 noon Ladyewell Shrine.

Sundays @ 10:00am & 3:00pm  

CONFESSION available at SMN and OLSE after every Holy Mass, except OLSE 8.45 on Sunday.

If anyone coming to Holy Communion requires a gluten-free host, please let Pauline know in advance as we now  have access to some.

Please, would parishioners who would like a mass intention hand their request directly to Sr Monique or Pauline. There is plenty of space in the Mass diary. Envelopes are available at the back of church or in the church porch.

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Please pray for the sick and housebound of our SMN and OLSE parishes:

Kevin Weardan, Victoria Leighton, Ellie Rose, Joe McIntyre, John Riley, Joe Kemp, David Cochrane, Geoffrey Clinning, Theresa Wilkinson, Jessica, Amanda, Patricia Sweeney, Rachael Mason, Bob Bamber, Josie Bateman, Margaret Boad.

To have the name of a seriously sick person on the newsletter, please submit their name and yours with your phone number

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CAFOD: Contemplation in the Year of Prayer. True silence is worth more than thousands of words, for it is in silence that we can listen and love. But to get to the right type of silence, first we need to listen to the right sounds. And so we start with a little theory, or some premises:

https://blog.cafod.org.uk/2024/07/04/contemplation-in-the-year-of-prayer/

CAFOD: How the new UK government must act to tackle global poverty.

Thousands of candidates who stood in the general election heard calls to act on poverty thanks to CAFOD supporters across England and Wales. With hundreds of those candidates taking their seats in Parliament, it's time for words to be turned into action.

https://cafod.org.uk/news/campaigning-news/how-the-new-uk-government-must-act-to-tackle-global-poverty

CAFOD and the Season of Creation: which runs from 

1st September (World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) to 4th October (the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi) each year.

We give thanks for all that God has made, repent for the damage that we have caused and commit ourselves to take action to protect the earth - our common home.

https://cafod.org.uk/pray/season-of-creation

CAFOD’s Family Fast Day appeal – Harvest  (Friday 4th Oct)
Daniel, a young man in Democratic Republic of the Congo, is carving a better future for his family with carpentry skills he learned in a CAFOD-funded training centre. Give to CAFOD today and you’ll fund training, tools, equipment and safe spaces so more people like Daniel can learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential. Use the envelope in church or give online at https://cafod.org.uk/envelope 

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Today 15th Sept Collection for Home Mission, EVANGELII GAUDIUM SUNDAY

Next Sunday, 22nd,Collection for Bishop’s Administration Fund. 

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The Pope’s Prayer Intention for the month of September

For the cry of the Earth
We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.

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Prayer for Peace in our Troubled world

Loving God, we pray for all peoples experiencing war and for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them. We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices. We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need. May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for all the peoples of the world. Amen

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Altar Serving 

We would welcome new altar servers to join our team. Whether young or not-so-young, this important ministry in our church is open to all who have made their First Holy Communion.

Please do consider it and speak to one of our Fathers, Sisters or John Woods and an introductory session will be arranged.

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Parish Collection including via banks

1^st Sept £546.90;    8^th Sept £445.90

Catholic Trust for England and Wales £6

Catholic Education Servers 68.50

Mass attendance 1^st Sept: 65;   8^th Sept: 64

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To keep everyone updated: Fr. Bob is now a resident at Stella Matutina in Lytham. Since his fall about 2 months ago, he needs more care than a retirement home offers.

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Another request for help and involvement: - I would like to extend our November poppy display in church to have a stream of poppies outside. Knitted or crocheted poppies, no specific size; in acrylic/ polyester yarn not wool because there is sure to be some rain in November: there needs to be a means of fastening the poppies to the netting eg ribbon, crocheted or knitted which is firmly fastened to the back of the poppies.

There are patterns available free on the internet. Perhaps an opportune way of using up the odd part balls of red and black we all have left after knitting a jumper etc., more information if needed from Pauline or Sister Shienrose. Thank you.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 9th to 22nd September.

Please see separate web page for more details FairTrade.

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DIARY DATE:   Great Green Family Fun Night,

Friday 13^th September 7.00pm in OLSE Parish Centre.

Food, quiz, folk songs and more. 

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Are you planning a parish retreat or something similar in the year ahead?

Castlerigg Manor is the retreat centre of the Diocese of Lancaster, based in Keswick in the Lake District and we have some available weekends for the coming academic year.

We are offering a special rate for weekends outside of the summer term, which means that it’s just £81 per person, meals included.

Castlerigg has 72 beds, seven acres of grounds, our own chapel, large group rooms, small group meeting rooms, and we’re just ten minutes’ walk from Keswick and Lake Derwentwater.

If you’re interested, contact our Business Manager, Adrianne –

business@castleriggmanor.co.uk

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SMN WhatsApp Group

We have a St Mary’s Newhouse WhatsApp group for all our parishioners, it’s a great way to keep up with all (parish) news. If you would like to have your mobile number added, please pass the details to Michaela - thank you.

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Visit:- https://www.churchpaper.co.uk/ to view all the different diocesan newspapers, including the Catholic Voice of Lancaster.

The Haydock Memorial

Informative videos can be found on St. Andrews, Cottam website (https://www.standrewscottam.org.uk/), including one which includes reference to the Haydock memorial at St. Mary's. See https://youtu.be/FvaUYLxyP60

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See Bishop Paul's blog https://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/our-bishop/the-bishops-blog/ for recent Diocesan news.